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  1. Re:Would the government auction off Euros? on US To Auction 29,656 Bitcoins Seized From Silk Road · · Score: 1

    Doesn't really matter whether it's a day or two weeks. It's still supply way in excess of normal demand. Yes, if they dripped them out over the course of a year or longer it would have minimal market impact but the government -rightly - doesn't want to get involved in these things. They want them off their hands, period.

  2. Re:Would the government auction off Euros? on US To Auction 29,656 Bitcoins Seized From Silk Road · · Score: 1

    Yes, but exchanges only turn over on the order of 15,000 bitcoin per day. It's very doubtful whether you could successfully put through 29,000 once word got about there was a massive seller in the marketplace.

  3. Re: Progenitors? on Aliens and the Fermi Paradox · · Score: 1

    One very important point to make is that just because we consider ourselves to be the top of the tree of life doesn't mean that that's so in any meaningful sense. This planet's amoebas are far more successful than we are by number of individuals, biomass, etc. Frankly there seems to be very little selective pressure to evolve intelligence and the fact that we did so may have been something of an outlier. Perhaps life is common but brains are not.

  4. Re:You make it... on Teacher Tenure Laws Ruled Unconstitutional In California · · Score: 1

    One of the easiest ways to make a job suck is to have rotten co-workers. And Wall Street is not where you go for job security, is it?

  5. Re:Jayhawks on Britain Gets National .uk Web Address · · Score: 1

    Reverse Polish naming. Calm down.

  6. Re:Why don't businesses use .ltd.uk and .plc.uk? on Britain Gets National .uk Web Address · · Score: 1

    Because websurfers, being a flighty and difficult to please lot, think that .ltd.uk is black magic and refuse to go anywhere near it. Srsly.

  7. Re:Not the whole country on South African Schools To Go Textbook Free · · Score: 2

    Not to mention the fact there are still kids being taught under trees.

  8. Engrave the key on a piece of tungsten. Plutonium powered batteries last a good while (ask Voyager). The pitch drop approach sounds interesting as well, though potentially failure-prone.

  9. Re:War of government against people? on America 'Has Become a War Zone' · · Score: 1

    Correlation does not work like that. It is likely there have been many other effects working over the years, in particular the astonishing drop in the prices of consumer goods. Yes, crime is complex and has many interlinked causes. However, the ability to carry out a mass shooting relies entirely on the shooter having access to suitable weapons.

  10. Re:Submitter is a fat idiot on After the Belfast Project Fiasco, Time For Another Look At Time Capsule Crypto? · · Score: 1

    Be fair to him. Slashdot has "editors".

  11. Re:forever actually on Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds · · Score: 1

    [citation needed]

  12. I wonder if a sensible method could be constructed using the properties of radioactive decay. The obvious one is to slip the key in with a nuke set to go off if tampered with, which would of course be safe after a few thousand years (give or take) but I dare say someone smarter than me can figure out a better way of doing it.

  13. Re:Obviously not quite true on Fasting Triggers Stem Cell Regeneration of Damaged, Old Immune System · · Score: 1

    You are assuming your ceteri are paribus. Such people are at risk from a whole host of other issues as well, but it's true to say they do not suffer from many of the so-called lifestyle diseases that we do. Remove the crocodiles, malaria, violence, and occasional famines and they would do quite well.

  14. Re:And low-cal? on Fasting Triggers Stem Cell Regeneration of Damaged, Old Immune System · · Score: 1

    There is evidence that extremely low calorie diets have a significant (years) impact on lifespan, however you're talking about calorie intakes that would leave you barely functional and without energy. So nothing that you can use. But it does open up research pathways to investigate why those effects occur, which might produce something you can follow.

  15. Re:#notallgeekyguys on Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds · · Score: 1

    No, people who end up convicted of rape are typically multiple rapists. That's nothing new. It says nothing about the tail, in particular "grey area" sex offences. As for RAINN, they are not saying that the concept of rape culture is incorrect or doesn't exist; they are saying its existence is not an excuse and that addressing it directly is probably not the most effective way of reducing rape in the short to medium term.

  16. Re:Don't just blame the guy on Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds · · Score: 1

    Don't attempt to explain your own failures by blaming women for them. And the reason women tell that story, by the way, is because we live in a society where that sort of behaviour is considered "cute". It's not cute. It's appalling. You think you're being a nice guy. You're not. Stop it.

  17. Re:Strange take on the matter on Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds · · Score: 1

    It's 2014. We can stop with the not all men thing.

  18. Re:So, to sum this up. on Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds · · Score: 1

    Fuck off, you entitled whiner. This isn't about what the women need to do. It's about the men. You really are part of the problem here.

  19. Re:Can someone explain rape culture to me? on Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds · · Score: 1

    On the assumption you're incapable of using Google, this is a reasonable start.

  20. Re:Not all just women issues on Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds · · Score: 1

    Yet it's *only* women who come out and say they have a problem with it. So either woman are incapable of shrugging off insults - poor timid creatures - or maybe the abuse they get is orders of magnitude worse?

  21. Re:Wow on Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds · · Score: 1

    What exactly about the facts of sexual reproduction entitles you to sex? Enjoying sex and achieving emotional fulfilment don't give you a claim on someone else's bodily autonomy.

  22. Re:Dear Arthur Chu on Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds · · Score: 1

    Oh, that's right, this whole thing is about a man and his need to get laid. What the fuck.

  23. Re:yet another one of these stories? on Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds · · Score: 1

    Well done for completely misrepresenting the concept of rape culture and your attempt to solve the problem of rape and sexual assault by claiming that it doesn't exist except in the forms you consider acceptable. Slow clap.

  24. Re:forever actually on Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds · · Score: 1

    Though on the other hand the victim will probably not complain, you will probably not be investigated if she does, you will probably not be charged if you are investigated, you will probably not be found guilty if you are brought to trial, and you will probably receive a low sentence if you are convicted. And by the way, none of the things you have said are actually true.

  25. Re:What the f*$# is wrong with us? on Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds · · Score: 1

    No-one is saying that Rodgers was anything but a lunatic or would not have lashed out at something regardless. The point is that a culture of rampant misogyny gives such people both an excuse and a target.